Learn about ADO.NET technology and how to connect to, query, and modify a database. Includes information on using XML with ADO.NET. (VB.NET)
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Where is Visual Basic 7?
While at Comdex, Paul was asked the question, 'Where is Visual Basic 7?' Paul helps to alleviate the concerns that Microsoft has abandoned Visual Basic.
Implementing a Custom TraceListener
A mainstay of software engineering is a concept called tracing. The basic idea is that you insert statements into your code that provide information about your application while it is running. (.NET)
Discover a COM Realtime Feed for Excel
Learn how to build and use a COM add-in for Excel using Visual Basic.
Creating a Windows Service in VB.NET
The core function of a Windows Service is to run an application in the background. Learn how to create a Windows Service using VB .NET.
Managing Low-Level Keyboard Hooks with the Windows API
To acquire a low-level hook into the keyboard, there is quite a bit of cryptic information involved. Paul makes it easy by showing you the several Windows API methods and the details for accomplishing this.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...

How to use Visual Studio 2012 to Download Images from Websites
Learn how to use a for loop to loop through all of the images found on a web page and save them via the DownloadFile method of the WebClient object.

SOLID Principles in C# - An Overview
SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.
